It's just sad how the car is king in the US and anyone doing anything different (riding a bike or walking) is suspect. This morning it was chilly with a light rain, so instead of our usual ride to the farmer's market and food co-op, DH and I layered up, grabbed our backpacks, and walked to the bus stop, took the free bus into town, walked some quite a ways more to the market, then turned around and came back the same way. Ended up with about 5-6 miles of walking in addition to the bus trip. The only other walkers we saw were downtown, and everyone on the bus besides us looked a bit down on their luck. Cars were everywhere, and I'm sure at least a few of the drivers wondered what in the world we were doing walking in the rain with backpacks. The only cyclists we saw were a few college students on campus.

Oh to live in a place like the Netherlands, where biking (for adults) is just considered normal.